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not to single out governor romney. of course listen to newt gingrich spin the results. >> i want to tell you this a second. what will become a challenge is we'll now have three or four days of the news media and they'll a say why doesn't gingrich quit. these are the same people that said last june that i was dead. they recycle this every six weeks. and the biggest challenge will be raising money because we came in second and we will have gotten delegates. >> i don't know if you just heard that about wanting to finish second. >> we came in second, which is as much as we wanted. >> so keeping his honest, mississippi and alabama were two states that the gingrich campaign just last week described as, quote, must win. last night gingrich spokesman r.c. hammond, the man who used those words "must win" jokingly said this to reporters. he said whoever said that should be flauged. he said the campaign would go on because he didn't expect any of the contenders to win the 1144 delegates necessary to secure the nomination before t
not to single out governor romney. of course listen to newt gingrich spin the results. >> i want to tell you this a second. what will become a challenge is we'll now have three or four days of the news media and they'll a say why doesn't gingrich quit. these are the same people that said last june that i was dead. they recycle this every six weeks. and the biggest challenge will be raising money because we came in second and we will have gotten delegates. >> i don't know if you just...
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last night mitt romney's senior adviser tried to put the best possible spin on governor romney's failure to win in alabama or mississippi. >> our goal was to take out one-third of the delegates and possibly do slightly better than that. i think we will exceed that goal. it's important to -- >> your goal wasn't to win one of these states? >> i don't think anybody expected mitt to win alabama or mississippi. as mitt said early on in the campaign, that this was an away game for him. i think that's -- i think that's true. look, this is a delegate contest and like i said, our goal was to come in, take a third of the delegates. >> keeping him honest on that claim that nobody expected him to win alabama or mississippi. in fact at least one person did expect, mitt romney in mobile, alabama. >> we're going to win tomorrow. we need your help. >> that was the night before the primaries. not to single out governor romney. of course listen to newt gingrich spin the results. >> i want to tell you this a second. what will become a challenge is we'll now have three or four days of the news media and the
last night mitt romney's senior adviser tried to put the best possible spin on governor romney's failure to win in alabama or mississippi. >> our goal was to take out one-third of the delegates and possibly do slightly better than that. i think we will exceed that goal. it's important to -- >> your goal wasn't to win one of these states? >> i don't think anybody expected mitt to win alabama or mississippi. as mitt said early on in the campaign, that this was an away game for...
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i'm going to give that to romney. the state of new york, i'm going to give that to romney. if gingrich wins most, there are others i could be skeptical about. santorum has been stronger in the midwest. his campaign would argue he has a better chance here that gingrich. this scenario, even if i stop, includes gingrich winning new jersey, winning california here. i'm a bit skeptical about that, but under this scenario y have been generous to the speaker, gingrich would be in second place, anderson. their point would be right, nobody would have clinched. gingrich would be in second. this is a dream scenario. most people at home who know the rules would think pretty implausible. >> i want to bring in randy evans. you heard what john king said. a lot of people are saying you're not winning. santorum is. if you exit the race, romney will face united conservative opposition. why is that wrong? >> we're not even to halftime. that comes on april 24th, the is louisiana. after halftime, we hit the third quarter. let me show you this chart here, which is helpful. there are three big da
i'm going to give that to romney. the state of new york, i'm going to give that to romney. if gingrich wins most, there are others i could be skeptical about. santorum has been stronger in the midwest. his campaign would argue he has a better chance here that gingrich. this scenario, even if i stop, includes gingrich winning new jersey, winning california here. i'm a bit skeptical about that, but under this scenario y have been generous to the speaker, gingrich would be in second place,...
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i will give that to romney. new york i will give to romney. if gingrich wins most there are others i could be skeptical about. stronger in the midwest. his campaign would argue he has a better chance than speaker gingrich in wisconsin. i'll stop here. i switched a few of them back. and this scenario if i stop includes gingrich winning new jersey here, includes gingrich winning california here. i'm a bit skeptical about that. under this scenario, romney at 924, gingrich would be in second place. their point would be right, nobody would have clinched. gingrich would be in second. this is a dream scenario. most people watching at home would think who know the rules pretty implausible. >> john stay with us because i want to bring in randy evans, a senior adviser to the gingrich campaign. you heard what john king said. a lot of people are saying you're not winning. santorum is. mitt romney will face united conservative opposition. why is that wrong? >> we're not even to halftime yet. halftime is on april 24th, which is louisiana. after halftime we
i will give that to romney. new york i will give to romney. if gingrich wins most there are others i could be skeptical about. stronger in the midwest. his campaign would argue he has a better chance than speaker gingrich in wisconsin. i'll stop here. i switched a few of them back. and this scenario if i stop includes gingrich winning new jersey here, includes gingrich winning california here. i'm a bit skeptical about that. under this scenario, romney at 924, gingrich would be in second place....
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romney carries wyoming in the caucuses. santorum in second place, about one third of what romney has. the race goes to 1,144. that means you have a long way to go. where do we go from here? washington state. let's assume ron paul gets his first win of the campaign. he picks up the bulk of the delegates there. the math changes, then we move on to the biggest day of the campaign and a huge challenge across the country from new england to idaho and alaska, way out west, ten states on the ballot. you see here, 419 delegates at stake. he wins massachusetts, virginia, only ron paul and romney on the ballot there. gingrich wins alt home in georgia, santorum wins oklahoma, this shows romney wins north dacdark, but let's say ron paul picks up a sec win. we change the math there. it gets you romney starting to pull way and a huge fight for the two biggest super tuesday battlegrounds, ohio and tennessee. at the moment, santorum is leading. you get santorum in clear second place, starting to challenge romney's delegate lead. that's wha
romney carries wyoming in the caucuses. santorum in second place, about one third of what romney has. the race goes to 1,144. that means you have a long way to go. where do we go from here? washington state. let's assume ron paul gets his first win of the campaign. he picks up the bulk of the delegates there. the math changes, then we move on to the biggest day of the campaign and a huge challenge across the country from new england to idaho and alaska, way out west, ten states on the ballot....
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romney wins massachusetts and virginia and only ron paul and romney on the ballot there. and gingrich wins if and romney idaho and santorum north dakota and for the sake of the hypothetical says that ron paul picks up a second win and what does that get you? romney pulling away and also a huge fight for the two biggest super tuesday battle grounds, ohio and tennessee. at the moment santorum is leading there. if you get them purple, that is is santorum starting to challenge, and a little bit behind, but starting to challenge the delegate lead, a and this is what the rick santorum campaign needs to prove they are a long-term contender. watch the spending over the next few days, because romney wants to turn ohio and tennessee in his favor and if that happens, it is a couple more delegate sweep that will put romney more on the way and well ahead of others and that is what he wants on super tuesday to prove he is the front-runner, an sd santoru needs to keep them from going red. >> let's bring in our strategists. let's bring in our cnn contributors democratic strategist james
romney wins massachusetts and virginia and only ron paul and romney on the ballot there. and gingrich wins if and romney idaho and santorum north dakota and for the sake of the hypothetical says that ron paul picks up a second win and what does that get you? romney pulling away and also a huge fight for the two biggest super tuesday battle grounds, ohio and tennessee. at the moment santorum is leading there. if you get them purple, that is is santorum starting to challenge, and a little bit...
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romney's winning by five points. that's good news for the romney campaign. the other constituency i'm looking at tonight is evangelicals. which is going to be 41% of the vote. that's identical to what it was four years ago. and santorum is maintaining his advantage tonight, but he's doing so with a smaller margin. winning nine points. >> i'm curious, ralph. this is david gergen. about what the overlap is between evangelicals and tea party. are there many who are both? and which way do they lean? >> it's a great question, david. we've looked at that in some earlier polling. and about 2/3 of self-identified tea party members are social conservatives. that doesn't mean they're involved in the tea party movement for those reasons. they're involve primarily because of spending, deficits, government overreach, and obama care. but they are social conservatives. and among self-identified evangelic evangelical, about half identify themes as members or activists. there's a huge amount of overlap. >> and do they tend to be -- with the overlap, do they tend to be moved
romney's winning by five points. that's good news for the romney campaign. the other constituency i'm looking at tonight is evangelicals. which is going to be 41% of the vote. that's identical to what it was four years ago. and santorum is maintaining his advantage tonight, but he's doing so with a smaller margin. winning nine points. >> i'm curious, ralph. this is david gergen. about what the overlap is between evangelicals and tea party. are there many who are both? and which way do...
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. >> reporter: in the romney household, ann romney has a host of titles. trusted adviser. the mitt stabilizer. mother and grandmother but also the great protector of all things romney. >> the last person on earth you would want to cross would be ann romney. if you go after one of her kids or after her husband, she's going to be there. >> reporter: ron scott has known mitt romney since 1985 and just wrote a book about him. he says ann is no pushover. >> she got into a tiff with one of her teenage boys and he was being a smart mouth and she was trying to get away to go to the cape for the weekend. he was going back and forthwi wh her and she got in the car, slammed the door and left him in the driveway. >> ann got into it with her mother when she and mitt had many children. >> she said if you want to see your grandsons on a regular basis, you need to knock this stuff off. >> reporter: with ann scott says what you see is what you get and that works in mitt's favor on the campaign trail. >> i believe he will be the nominee. and will be the next president of the united states b
. >> reporter: in the romney household, ann romney has a host of titles. trusted adviser. the mitt stabilizer. mother and grandmother but also the great protector of all things romney. >> the last person on earth you would want to cross would be ann romney. if you go after one of her kids or after her husband, she's going to be there. >> reporter: ron scott has known mitt romney since 1985 and just wrote a book about him. he says ann is no pushover. >> she got into a...
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romney has more than twice the delegates you do. it seems like he's struggling on that front, doesn't it? >> well, you have to wonder why someone like mitt romney, after super tuesday comes out with the message about math. it's not very inspiring. they have put out memos and talked about the fact it would be mathematically impossible for santorum to come out ahead. i's nothing more than a smoke screen to demonstrate he is not inspiring the base. he is not in touch with conservatives. we are letting folks know the math is still a long way out. rick is the true conservative in this race. he is inspiring the race. >> you were saying your campaign -- your candidate is in a better position on delegates than romney is. how is that possible? >> it certainly is. the delegates out there are unbound. they are going to swing more toward a conservative candidate like rick santorum. >> you are saying it's better for your candidate to be so far behind in delegates than the front-runner is? logically, does that make sense? >> romney campaign is us
romney has more than twice the delegates you do. it seems like he's struggling on that front, doesn't it? >> well, you have to wonder why someone like mitt romney, after super tuesday comes out with the message about math. it's not very inspiring. they have put out memos and talked about the fact it would be mathematically impossible for santorum to come out ahead. i's nothing more than a smoke screen to demonstrate he is not inspiring the base. he is not in touch with conservatives. we...
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up tonight, ann romney. she introduced her husband. >> i said, mitt, i'm never going to do this again, but here we are. and the reason i'm here and the reason i'm behind mitt and the reason i'm fighting so hard and out there is because i believe he is the only person that can turn around america. so let's let him do that. >> she's the best. she is the best. >> well, mitt romney, of course, won six states yesterday including ohio. he hasn't had the breakout victories he needs to put santorum behind him. the votes of women are going to be huge, and many seem ann romney as a huge asset. >> in the romney house hltd, ann romney has a host of titles. trusted adviser, the mitt stabilizer, mother, and grandmother. but she's also the great protector of all things romney. >> the last person on earth you would want to cross would be ann romney. if you go after one of her kids or after her husband, she's going to be there. >> ron scott has known mitt romney since 1985 and just wrote a book about him. he says ann is no p
up tonight, ann romney. she introduced her husband. >> i said, mitt, i'm never going to do this again, but here we are. and the reason i'm here and the reason i'm behind mitt and the reason i'm fighting so hard and out there is because i believe he is the only person that can turn around america. so let's let him do that. >> she's the best. she is the best. >> well, mitt romney, of course, won six states yesterday including ohio. he hasn't had the breakout victories he needs...
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a 180-vote difference separating romney and sarsantorum. >> romney, 4,969. romney, 4,969. santorum, 4,789. again, santorum, 4,789. newt gingrich, 3,993. 3,993. ron paul, 780. wolf? >> those are the numbers you're getting right now. i think we're getting ready for major news. let's pause right now. >> all right, look at this, rin santorum, we now project, is the winner in mississippi. earlier, we projected he winsdo. he wins both of the southern states tonight. rick santorum, a huge, huge development. a lot of people thought romney could win in mississippi. some thought newt gingrich would win in one of the two states. it's rick santorum who captures the popular vote in both states. now, having said all that, john, the key thing is delegates right now. it's proportional. in both of the states, not winner take all, and we're getting some estimates. there are two running narratives and two running conversations that is the competition. one is winning in momentum. santorum will make the argument, i'm winning. the other is, you're winering but, but being new rules, what happene
a 180-vote difference separating romney and sarsantorum. >> romney, 4,969. romney, 4,969. santorum, 4,789. again, santorum, 4,789. newt gingrich, 3,993. 3,993. ron paul, 780. wolf? >> those are the numbers you're getting right now. i think we're getting ready for major news. let's pause right now. >> all right, look at this, rin santorum, we now project, is the winner in mississippi. earlier, we projected he winsdo. he wins both of the southern states tonight. rick santorum, a...
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but i thought romney did a good job for mitt romney. but he still doesn't make the emotional connection. frankly, i thought a lot of people thought al gore lacked that. mitt romney makes those two look warm and fuzzy. and he needs to find a way to open his heart a little bit. i think having ann romney speak is a great advantage. she's terrific. but she's not on the ballot. he did it in illinois by out spending santorum 21-1. and he won't be able to out spend barack obama 21-1. >> is all of this -- santorum, gingrich, they all make this argument about the delegate count. it's inevitable mitt romney is going to be the nominee, isn't it? >> i think so. unless he unexpectedly collapses. >> one of the reasons he's down below 10% is the sense that his candidacy is fading. there's an up and down in these things. i have to tell you. there are a lot of people in illinois who are not totally comfortable. there are a lot of people in barack obama's camp who are not totally comfortable, either. i still think barack obama is favored. i think he's mo
but i thought romney did a good job for mitt romney. but he still doesn't make the emotional connection. frankly, i thought a lot of people thought al gore lacked that. mitt romney makes those two look warm and fuzzy. and he needs to find a way to open his heart a little bit. i think having ann romney speak is a great advantage. she's terrific. but she's not on the ballot. he did it in illinois by out spending santorum 21-1. and he won't be able to out spend barack obama 21-1. >> is all...
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cross would be ann romney. if you go after one of her kids or after her husband, she's going to be there. >> ron scott has known mitt romney since 1985 and just wrote a book about him. he says ann is no pushover. >> she got into a tiff with one of her teenage boys. and he was smarting off and she was trying to get away to go to the cape for the weekend, and he was going back and forth with her. finally, she got in the car and slammed the door and said, see you later, and took off and left him standing there in the driveway. >> scott said ann even stood up to her mother who voiced concern years ago when ann and mitt started having so many children. >> the mom said, gee, you're overpopulating the earth, and ann at one point said, mom f you want to see your grandsons on a regular basis, you need to knock the off. >> i'll tell you the personal story. what you see is what you get. that works in mitt's favor on the campaign trail. i believe he will be the nominee and also will be the next president of the united stat
cross would be ann romney. if you go after one of her kids or after her husband, she's going to be there. >> ron scott has known mitt romney since 1985 and just wrote a book about him. he says ann is no pushover. >> she got into a tiff with one of her teenage boys. and he was smarting off and she was trying to get away to go to the cape for the weekend, and he was going back and forth with her. finally, she got in the car and slammed the door and said, see you later, and took off...
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mitt romney is, too. but another big part of his southern strategy going into tomorrow's races is to sown more southern. listen. >> morning y'all. i got started right this morning with a biscuit and cheesy grits. a nice old john deere tractor from awhile ago. i'm learning to say y'all. i like grits. strange things are happening to me. wouldn't you love to hear them sing "sweet home alabama." wouldn't that be wonderful. >> i've been getting hugs from southern girls. i came from 12 to -- well a lot more than 12. >> romney calls the south his away game. santorum says there's no such thing as an away game. john king is joining us. he's going to be working the magic ball tomorrow night. alice, your campaign said they are in a better position. romney has more than twice the delegates you do. it seems like he's struggling on that front, doesn't it? >> well, you have to wonder why someone like mitt romney, after super tuesday comes out with the message about math. it's not very inspiring. they have put out memos
mitt romney is, too. but another big part of his southern strategy going into tomorrow's races is to sown more southern. listen. >> morning y'all. i got started right this morning with a biscuit and cheesy grits. a nice old john deere tractor from awhile ago. i'm learning to say y'all. i like grits. strange things are happening to me. wouldn't you love to hear them sing "sweet home alabama." wouldn't that be wonderful. >> i've been getting hugs from southern girls. i came...
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governor christie is on team romney. let's give this back to romney. romney is close to the finish line. okay. but let's do this other scenario. first i want to come back to today. then i want to bring this. if gingrich gets out -- if gingrich gets out -- >> okay. >> if gingrich gets out with -- now, these went to santorum tonight. make these purple. do that. now we're going to move on. i'm going through these. if gingrich gets out, now santorum gets that. i've decide we're generous to santorum. that's our scenario. let's keep going move quickly. he gets louisiana. let's say santorum he's doing well in the midwest. we're going to give him wisconsin. all right? let's keep coming through. he wins pennsylvania. i'm going to generous. santorum. gingrich is now out of the race. you watch this delegate map. as santorum starts marching and wins all of these, okay? now look what's happening? he's getting closer. he's closing the gap. can we win all these? he would like the two-man race. that's how you catch mitt romney if santorum's not in the race. let's say
governor christie is on team romney. let's give this back to romney. romney is close to the finish line. okay. but let's do this other scenario. first i want to come back to today. then i want to bring this. if gingrich gets out -- if gingrich gets out -- >> okay. >> if gingrich gets out with -- now, these went to santorum tonight. make these purple. do that. now we're going to move on. i'm going through these. if gingrich gets out, now santorum gets that. i've decide we're generous...
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that would put romney ahead. that would put romney ahead. i'm going to turn off the telestrator and come out. this is where we are in the official count right now. >> it would put him ahead by about 3,000 votes. >> and then you look, is there any place rick santorum can win. he is winning in fairfield county. santorum could pick up votes here. i'm going to tap some santorum votes. 100% of the vote in, 100% of the vote in, 100% of the vote in. in most of the places santorum is winning, we have 100% in or close to it. here is romney's extra bank, cuyahoga, a very big lead. if the numbers hold up, we'll give romney the votes to come back. by our count, cnn's exclusive numbers from there, pay no attention. romney would be ahead. >> this is now 99% in hamilton county. >> hamilton county, our numbers at 78%, we'll update this when i close the wall down for a second, but by this exclusive new number, romney is winning in the state, and there are a few places where santorum is voting where you have votes out. i'm tapping random counties. here's a ch
that would put romney ahead. that would put romney ahead. i'm going to turn off the telestrator and come out. this is where we are in the official count right now. >> it would put him ahead by about 3,000 votes. >> and then you look, is there any place rick santorum can win. he is winning in fairfield county. santorum could pick up votes here. i'm going to tap some santorum votes. 100% of the vote in, 100% of the vote in, 100% of the vote in. in most of the places santorum is...
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i don't think romney has that. the other thing that you notice, it's so much harder to run for president than it was to run for senator or governor. everyone learns along the way. remember when clinton said she talked about getting off the plane and getting shot at by sniper fire and you can't get away with saying that. mitt romney and rick santorum have had their problems too. it's all stepping up to the presidential level. >> so you're saying he's grown on the issues? >> look, i'm not go -- i'm not going get into romney and positions because they change. but going into the point gloria made earlier, romney is winning on the electability argument. the grounds on which you're electable shift, but what i'm struck by what gloria said earlier tonight, santorum is winning with people who feel he connected with them. and romney is having hard time with the base of the republican party connecting with him. he's doing to go into this -- i think after ohio he is going to be the nominee. still going to be a slog for him, bu
i don't think romney has that. the other thing that you notice, it's so much harder to run for president than it was to run for senator or governor. everyone learns along the way. remember when clinton said she talked about getting off the plane and getting shot at by sniper fire and you can't get away with saying that. mitt romney and rick santorum have had their problems too. it's all stepping up to the presidential level. >> so you're saying he's grown on the issues? >> look, i'm...
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romney wins massachusetts and vermont. romney wins virginia, only romney and paul on the ballot. gingrich wins at home in georgia, santorum takes oklahoma. romney, idaho, romney winning north dakota here but for the sake of argument let's say ron paul picks up that one and switch it what would you have, romney with a bigger lead starting to pull away, two big battlegrounds next tuesday, super tuesday, all the campaigns concede tennessee and ohio. san santorum leads in both so if we make the purple what race do you get? santorum picking up more states and santorum in second place in the delegate chase. still not that close to romney but that would be an important psychological boost so this is the big challenge in the next week, can romney turn these around, take away the santorum leads, put ohio and tennessee in the romney column. if he can do that, anderson, it's only a couple dozen delegates but it would leave gingrich in second place and the romney campaign believes take a lot of the steam out of the santorum challenge. that is governor romney's challenge in the neck week. can
romney wins massachusetts and vermont. romney wins virginia, only romney and paul on the ballot. gingrich wins at home in georgia, santorum takes oklahoma. romney, idaho, romney winning north dakota here but for the sake of argument let's say ron paul picks up that one and switch it what would you have, romney with a bigger lead starting to pull away, two big battlegrounds next tuesday, super tuesday, all the campaigns concede tennessee and ohio. san santorum leads in both so if we make the...
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romney do you have a comment on rush limbaugh's comments on contraception, sir? >> perhaps he didn't hear it. later he said, quote, it's not the language i would have used, unquote. >>> more on the raw politics and its impact on the gop. ari fleischer, mary matalin, and maria cardona. ari, is it appropriate to ask gop candidates about rush limbaugh's comments? a lot of folks say, look, rush limbaugh is just an entertainer, but others say, look, he has a role in the republican party. >> well, look, you know, they are not -- they are not radio people themselves that are running for president, so yes, it's appropriate to ask them. i don't think it's the be all and end all of their campaigns. what russ said was reprehensible. he shouldn't have said it. it's insulting. he didn't need to say it, he shouldn't have said it. he should apologize for it. but this has been a strange week, anderson. you had the huffington post had somebody published who wrote the most virulent anti-catholic things ever, who likened the catholic mass to the barbaric ritual. that was larry doyl
romney do you have a comment on rush limbaugh's comments on contraception, sir? >> perhaps he didn't hear it. later he said, quote, it's not the language i would have used, unquote. >>> more on the raw politics and its impact on the gop. ari fleischer, mary matalin, and maria cardona. ari, is it appropriate to ask gop candidates about rush limbaugh's comments? a lot of folks say, look, rush limbaugh is just an entertainer, but others say, look, he has a role in the republican...